Profile

Rupaka Mahalingaiah – CEO/CTO

With over 19 years of experience in computer and networking industry, Rupaka is the founder of Dunti LLC. She has been involved in all phases of this business including technology development, engineering management, business development, and executive management. She has prior entrepreneurial experience with startup companies as well as experience in working with major corporations. She has a track record of innovation and commercialization with over 50 patents to her credit.

Rupaka holds a BE from Bangalore University, India and an MSEE from Virginia Tech. She has strong background in computers, massively parallel processing systems, microprocessors, and networking fields. Prior to Dunti, Rupaka has worked with companies like Advanced Micro Devices, Teradata Corporation, Concurrent Corporation, Vega Solutions, and Dunti Corporation. She is the architect of Dunti’s Dunti Network and AMD’s K7+ / K8 microprocessors (Athlon family).

Patricia Soch - Vice President Finance

Patti has a strong background in financial management in the IT industry. She has held senior financial management roles in multiple technology organizations. Several of these firms were high growth and venture capital backed. Patti's background gives her the experience to maintain flexibility within the organization and retain a reasonable level of structure while managing high growth.

Patti holds a BBA in Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington and attended SMU’s Executive MBA program. Prior to Dunti, Patti has held the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with several startup companies including VIEO, QuestLink Technologies, Visible Decisions, and UniSQL. She has also held the position of Vice President of Finance and Operations with Uniplex and Lab Force.